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Bowery Poetry Club

on friday, december 15, MOPDTK and the Q of H will be splitting the bill at the bowery poetry club. the show starts at 8, the cover is $8 and the club is near the corner of bowery and bleeker across from the old CBGB's. see you there!!!!

Cornelia St. with Q of H

on sunday, nov. 5, MOPDTK will be splitting the bill with the amazing Quartet of Happiness...back again from boston. the show starts at 8, and the club is on cornelia st. around the corner from the W. 4th stop on the E.V,A,F, etc. stop.
see you there!!!!

LANGUAGE OF HALLOWEEN

on tuesday, october 31, i'll be playing at the cornelia st. cafe with charle evans and the language of. the group includes peter evans on trumpet and ronen itzik on drums. we'll be preceded by chris baker's quartet. the show starts at 8, the cover is $8 and the club is on cornelia st near the w. 4th stop on the A,C,E,F,V trains. see you there! (until then, check out raphael belliard as a coach for detroit in the world series...successfully identified by charle)

MOPDTK meets Puttin' on the Ritz

mostly other people do the killing will be playing on monday, september 25 at the syrup room (bushwick off of morgan ave) with bj rubin on vocals. bj is half of the duo "puttin' on the Ritz" which also includes MOPDTK's own kevin shea on drums. we'll be doing standards with the full quintet starting at 11:30 or so (preceeded by Talibam! and others)
see you there!

Merle Haggard

on sunday, sept. 17, i'll be playing at the rose on grand street in williamsburg with the merle haggard band. the group is mostly big five chord members with greg ritchie on drums. we play one set at 9:30, there may be a $5 cover, and the club is near havermeyer st. see you there!!!

Galapagos!

on thursday, aug 31st MOPDTK will be performing at galapagos on n. 6 street in williamsburg, brooklyn. we're the 3rd group in a night of jazz that includes the andy neff group and confluence (featuring andrew bain and jon irabagon). one low cover gets you in for the whole evening. the show starts at 8. see you there!!!!

MOPDTK

MOPDTK will be playing at the Bowery Poetry Club on friday, aug 25th at 7:30 PM. we will be followed by charle performing the classic work of performance art "tuxedo to speedo" and the Quartet of Happiness...back down from boston.
there's a small cover. see you there!!!

Aug.!!!

I'll be all over the place in august!!!
first, i'll be playing the scranton jazz festival with the language of quartet led by the evans "brothers" peter and charle and featuring eli hludzik on drums. we'll be the first of an entire day of bands. admission is $10 for the whole day for students and we start at 2PM in nay aug park. check out http://www.pajazzalliance.com/scrantonjazzfestival.htm for more info.
a little later, the 12th actually, i'll be playing in chicago with jon lundbom and big 5 chord. check out www.jonlundbom.com.
then....MOPDTK returns to boston with the quartet of happiness on the 18th!!!! more info later.

To Boston For Jazz

on friday, june 9, mopdtk will be in boston performing at the lilly pad (formerly the zietgiest) with the quartet of happiness. we play at 10 and are followed by q of h. for more info go to www.quartetofhappiness.com. see you there!!!!

MOPDTK in the Bronx

MOPDTK is playing in the south bronx with the lisps on friday, may 26. for directions, check out www.thelisps.com. i'm also playing at some place in park slope on saturday night with josh maxey and joe friedman. good luck!!!

cornelia st double-bill

on sunday, may 28 MOPDTK will be playing at the cornelia st. cafe followed by the quartet of happiness. the show starts at 8:30, the cover is $8, and the club is on cornelia st. near the w. 4th stop on the A,C,E,F,V trains. see you there!!!

MOPDTK at Cake Shop

MOPDTK will be playing the cake shop at 152 Ludlow st. in the lower east side on sunday, april 30. we start at 8 PM, the cover is $5 and we're opening up for a night of bands including Chrissy and Emily, and EYESTEK. See you there!!!!

Mostly Other People...in Brooklyn

MOPDTK will be playing at Stain bar in Williamsburg on sunday, april 23
there is no cover, and we'll be playing one set from 7:30 - 9 PM
Stain is on Grand street one block from the L stop.
See you there!!!

Three MOPDTK shows this week!!!

Mostly other people...will be playing on monday, march 13 at otto's shrunken head (538 E 14th st between ave A and ave B) at 10 pm....no cover......
then.....
thrusday, march 16 at jimmy's restaurant (43 e 7th st)...show starts at 8...$8 cover
and....
saturday, march 18 at glass house gallery (38 s. 1st st, brooklyn) at around 11....we're the last band of four that start at 8pm.
$5 cover for the whole night that includes: ProtonProton, True Primes, and Stay Fucked.
See you there!!!!!!!

Upcoming gigs

on wednesday, march 8, i'll be performing with 2 groups at the knitting factory
at 8 pm, i'll be performing with the evan wilson quartet featuring ian young and evan pazner.
at 10 pm, i'll be on again with jon lundbom and big five chord....playing the music of merle haggard....bryan murray, jon irabagon, and greg ritchie will be on the gig.
there are four bands on the bill, we're playing in the old office at the knit, i'm sure there's a modest cover, and the music will be great!!!!!!!!

then, on friday, i'll be performing camille saint-saens' "carnival of animals" at steinway hall with a student ensemble from the long island conservatory. the show starts at 7 and the hall is on 57th st between 5th and 6th (i think)...it's on the north side of the street.

see you there

Tonic

on monday, march 6, MOPDTK will be performing at tonic. we will be joined by kelly roberge on tenor sax, filling in for jon irabagon. we will be joined by the taylor ho bynum sextet. they go on at "8" ish......we will follow....9:30?
$8 gets you in for the whole night....what a deal!!!
tonic is on norfolk st in the lower east side, just north of delancey.
see you there

55 bar

on monday, feb. 20, i'll be playing at the 55 bar with the bryan murray/jon lundbom quartet. we're playing 2 sets from 7 to8. there's no cover, but you need to buy a drink. the club is at 55 christopher st. right next to the 1 and 9 stop. the music will be great....compositions by the co-leaders and a tune by merle haggard. see you there!!

Cornelia St.

on tuesday, jan 17, Mostly Other People Do the Killing will be performing at the Cornelia St. cafe. the show starts at 8:30, costs $8, and will consist of two sets of raucous jazz music. the club is on Corneila st which is just off of the W. 4th subway stop on the A,C,E,B,D,V trains. the street is one block long and starts at the intersection of 6th ave and w 4th. see you there!!!!

Trio at the C-Note

on sunday, nov 6, i'll be playing at the C-note with jon lundbom and kevin shea. come on out to see a great trio improvisation performance. the c-note is on ave. c at around 8th in the east village. no cover!!!!! see you there!!!!